So happy to have won the BSA essay prize! Thanks to all who commented on earlier drafts!

I wrote about free speech, 'cancel culture', and the contradictions of the right-wing attack on universities for the London Review of Books lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

My column on the latest developments in the Post Office scandal - an incredible tale of total corporate psychopathy that I absolutely BEG you to stay very very cross about theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Send us your work on immoral artists/video games/comedy/pornography!

Do you laugh at sexist jokes? Then you'd better check out my paper just published in British Journal of Aesthetics to find out what to do about it...

Had a great time in the Bay Area for the Am Soc Aesthetics Pacific Meeting in Berkeley - many thanks to Mary Beth Willard for organising, and Dr. Connor K. Kianpour for excellent comments!

Zoe Walker argues that one's sense of humour is a kind of sensibility analogous to erotic taste in this prize-winning article from our latest issue. doi.org/10.1093/aesthj…

I'm so thrilled that my paper about comedy and objectification has won this Feminist Aesthetics Research Prize - many thanks to Am Soc Aesthetics, and really looking forward to coming to Chicago to present!

I'm putting together a session proposal on the topic of "Sex and the State" for the PPE Society annual conference (ppesociety.org/call-for-propo…) [Sex = the activity, not the biological category] Is anyone interested in presenting work related to this session topic? Reach out!

Congratulations to our Career Development Fellow Zoe Walker, who has won the inaugural Am Soc Aesthetics Feminist Aesthetics Research Prize, for her paper on "Comic Objectification." Well done, Zoe! Read more: ow.ly/RRbm50RfoWp

Born on this day in 1452, Leonardo da Vinci was a man of many talents: painter, sculptor, architect, anatomist, engineer, map-maker, and student of botany. 🎂Happy birthday Leonardo. You would have loved LinkedIn

Really enjoyed this!

Advice for scholars: next time you lecture on Kant and revolutions at “Downing” (Darwin College) Cambridge, make sure your hair is neatly tied and that you’re not blonde. Or else your research impact will be on the The Spectator libido section.

Over the next two days, “Art, Imagination, and Morality” is taking place in Oxford, organised by Zoe Maria Walker and me. Looking forward to an exciting lineup of talks!

So glad you enjoyed it! We're really pleased with how it all came together - such fascinating talks and comments, including your wonderful keynote!

Canceled my plans just in case you'd call